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Dolicho-/Meso-cephalic Cranium:
Brachycephalic Cranium:
I know some people will copefully claim brachycephy to be a Chad trait, and if that's you, you really should keep reading.
Brachycephaly is not just a wide head. Many uneducated looksmaxxers believe brachycephaly equals wide, and wide head means wider FWHR, therefore Chad.
Do you know what the prefix "brachy-" means? It actually means short. Brachycephalic skulls are wider, but their defining trait is short front-back (or sagittal) length.
Since brachycephalic people have short head length, their anterior craniums—where the maxilla is attached to the bottom of—are also shorter in sagittal length. So what's the consequence of this? The consequence is there's less room for forward growth of the maxilla and mandible. Think about it: if one's forehead isn't very far in front of their ears, how much forward maxillary growth can "fit" in the space under their anterior cranium? Not much.
If you still think, "cope, those brachy guys are recessed and just need forward growth," first of all you're kind of right. The brachycephalic guys in the pictures above do not have good forward growth. However, their lack of skull length makes it so their skulls cannot support the classic "forward-grown look." Normal maxillas are not supposed to project far in front of the forehead.
Brachycephalic Cranium:
I know some people will copefully claim brachycephy to be a Chad trait, and if that's you, you really should keep reading.
Brachycephaly is not just a wide head. Many uneducated looksmaxxers believe brachycephaly equals wide, and wide head means wider FWHR, therefore Chad.
Do you know what the prefix "brachy-" means? It actually means short. Brachycephalic skulls are wider, but their defining trait is short front-back (or sagittal) length.
Since brachycephalic people have short head length, their anterior craniums—where the maxilla is attached to the bottom of—are also shorter in sagittal length. So what's the consequence of this? The consequence is there's less room for forward growth of the maxilla and mandible. Think about it: if one's forehead isn't very far in front of their ears, how much forward maxillary growth can "fit" in the space under their anterior cranium? Not much.
If you still think, "cope, those brachy guys are recessed and just need forward growth," first of all you're kind of right. The brachycephalic guys in the pictures above do not have good forward growth. However, their lack of skull length makes it so their skulls cannot support the classic "forward-grown look." Normal maxillas are not supposed to project far in front of the forehead.
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